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Flickr keeps the users inform on which page the users are at by underlining the current page with a blue colour.

CONSISTENCY & STANDARDS

Their logo is always on top left so on every different page they brought up so users can easily click on their logo to go back to their homepage wherever they have browsed to.

ERROR PREVENTION

Flickr provided a remove option when a user wants to upload a photo so just in case that isn't the photo the user want , they can simply remove it and insert a different photo.

RECOGNITION RATHER THAN RECALL

Has labels so it would be easy for users to find each section, helps suggesting to users on what they're looking for at the search bar.

FLEXIBILITY & EFFICIENCY OF USE

Users can choose to upgrade for a premium membership to obtain new features that are able to boost the users efficiency, free membership users are not excluded.

MATCH BETWEEN SYSTEM AND REAL WORLD

Uses language that's easy for the users to understand on a daily basis. For example , explore literally means for the user to explore any topics they want to and the People section means the people on flickr that the users might want to follow.

AESTHETIC & MINIMALIST DESIGN

Minimalist design that makes it easy for users to learn even for newcomers. They don't put any irrelevant information so users won't be confused on the possibilities provided on their website.

USER CONTROL & FREEDOM

Clearly marks the options available for the users to choose.So it would be easier for the users.

HELP & DOCUMENTAITION

Consist of a help center for the users to solve any problems that they encaounter, also available is a community forum.

RECOVERY

Notifies the user in case the user encountered some error that needs to be solve.

USABILITY AND SYSTEM STATUS

The users are updated with what is available on the users current page with the options and menus available for the user so it is much more usable by the users.

CONSISTENCY & STANDARDS

The logo for homepage is always on the top left no matter how deep the users had browsed through , all the options when a user opens a picture is also kept on the same place like the save button.

ERROR PREVENTION

Users can quickly canceled what they typed in at the search bar in case the users decided to search something else.

RECOGNITION RATHER THAN RECALL

Has a suggestion option just like in Flickr where they would suggest the options of what they think the user might be looking for so the users doesn't have to spend time recalling the things they wanted to search about.

FLEXIBILITY & EFFICIENCY OF USE

Makes it easy for the user to save a pin and follow a board because they highlighted the save pin right next to a picture , however lacks a shortcut button for users to easily be more efficient.

MATCH BETWEEN SYSTEM AND REAL WORLD

Boards means the boards that the users are following and pins mean the pictures that the user decided to pin it like pin the picture on a board so the language being use are definitely understandable even for newcomers.

AESTHETIC & MINIMALIST DESIGN

The design is a tile based so it is modern but a bit packed , however the menus are easy to find and all the important options are there for the users to navigate through.

USER CONTROL & FREEDOM

Easy for the users to navigate through the website with all the options been made clearly for the users.

HELP & DOCUMENTATION

Provide users a help center where the users can find their problems there and seek help from the Pinterest developers.

RECOVERY

Tells the user exactly what they need to do if they encountered an error.